Environment and Energy Economics Program Meeting

Catherine Hausman and Wolfram Schlenker, Organizers

April 8-9, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, April 8
Format: Each paper's session will last 45 minutes and will include the author's presentation, a discussant, and Q&A
11:00 am
Peter Christensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Paul Francisco, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Erica Myers, University of Calgary and NBER
Mateuz Souza, University of Mannheim

Decomposing the Wedge Between Projected and Realized Returns in Energy Efficiency Programs
Discussant: Christopher R. Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:45 am
Patrick Baylis, University of British Columbia
Judson Boomhower, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Building Codes and Community Resilience to Natural Disasters
Discussant: Matthew Wibbenmeyer, Resources for the Future
12:30 pm
Lunch Break with optional zoom rooms open
1:30 pm
Ryan M. Abman, San Diego State University
Teevrat Garg, University of California, San Diego
Yao Pan, Aalto University
Saurabh Singhal, Lancaster University

Agriculture and Deforestation
Discussant: Katharine Sims, Amherst College
2:15 pm
Rafael Araujo, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP)
Francisco Costa, University of Delaware
Marcelo Sant'Anna, FGV EPGE

Efficient Forestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Evidence from a Dynamic Model
Discussant: Paul Scott, New York University
3:30 pm
Ariel Goldszmidt, Lyft
John A. List, University of Chicago and NBER
Robert D. Metcalfe, University of Southern California and NBER
Ian Muir, Walmart
V. Kerry Smith, Arizona State University and NBER
Jenny Wang, Lyft

The Value of Time in the United States: Estimates from Nationwide Natural Field Experiments
Discussant: Jeffrey G. Shrader, Columbia University
4:15 pm
Breakout Rooms
4:45 pm
Adjourn
Friday, April 9
Format: Each paper's session will last 45 minutes and will include the author's presentation, a discussant, and Q&A
11:00 am
Christopher Costello, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Matthew Kotchen, Yale University and NBER

Policy Instrument Choice with Coasean Provision of Public Goods
Discussant: Arthur A. van Benthem, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:45 am
Charles A Taylor, Harvard University
Hannah Druckenmiller, California Institute of Technology

Wetlands, Flooding, and the Clean Water Act
Discussant: Katherine R.H. Wagner, University of British Columbia
12:30 pm
Lunch break with optional zoom rooms open
1:30 pm
Meera Mahadevan, University of California at Irvine

The Price of Power: Costs of Political Corruption in Indian Electricity
Discussant: Fiona Burlig, University of Chicago and NBER
2:15 pm
Esther Rolf, University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan Proctor, Harvard University
Tamma A. Carleton, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Ian W. Bolliger, Rhodium Group
Vaishaal Shankar, University of California, Berkeley
Miyabi Ishihara, University of California, Berkeley
Benjamin Recht, University of California, Berkeley
Solomon M. Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

A Generalizable and Accessible Approach to Machine Learning with Global Satellite Imagery
Discussant: Adam Storeygard, Tufts University and NBER
3:00 pm
Breakout Rooms
3:30 pm
Adjourn